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- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
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- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| pronunciation: |
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jekt
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| definition 1: |
any undertaking that requires great effort or organization.
The project of renovating the historic church will take years.His latest project is to put up shelves in the living room.- synonyms:
- enterprise, undertaking, work
- similar words:
- activity, assignment, campaign, job, operation, task, venture
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| definition 2: |
an academic undertaking involving research.
She's at the library doing research for her science project.- similar words:
- enterprise, research, study, undertaking, work
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| definition 3: |
(sometimes pl.) a large group of residential buildings, usually built with public money.
The city is building a housing project for the elderly in this neighborhood.When my dad lost his job, we moved into the projects.- similar words:
- development
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| related words: |
intention, proposition |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
pr
jekt
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| inflections: |
projects, projecting, projected |
| definition 1: |
to throw or cast forward or outward.
He projects the image of a hero.Her acting coach taught her how to project her voice.- similar words:
- butt, cast, emit, extend, fling, radiate, send, throw, transmit
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| definition 2: |
to plan or propose.
They're projecting a joint venture between their company and ours.- synonyms:
- design, plan, propose
- similar words:
- contrive, devise, draft, frame, invent, outline, present, scheme
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| definition 3: |
to estimate or develop in one's imagination.
Can you project the cost of this venture?- synonyms:
- calculate, estimate, extrapolate
- similar words:
- draft, forecast, outline, predetermine, predict
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| definition 4: |
to externalize (a thought or feeling) and ascribe to another person or thing.
He says I look down on him, but he's simply projecting his own feelings of inferiority.- similar words:
- externalize, objectify, transfer
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| definition 5: |
to cause (an image, light, or shadow) to extend forward or appear on a surface.
In movie theaters, a machine is used to project film images onto a large screen.- synonyms:
- screen
- similar words:
- flash, show
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| related words: |
chart, contemplate, dart, deliver, ooze, poke, propel, protract, screen, think |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
pr
jekt
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| definition 1: |
to extend outward; protrude.
A balcony projects from the second floor.- synonyms:
- jut out, poke out, protrude
- similar words:
- beetle, bulge, overhang, pout, start, stick, stick out, tongue
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| definition 2: |
to direct one's voice clearly and forcefully across a large space.
You will have to project in order for the audience to hear you. |
| definition 3: |
in psychology, to attribute one's own thoughts or feelings to someone else.
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peak |
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